They linger wastefully to rust and rot;
We ask (and let your answer be concise):
Have all the dumps been sold, or have they not?
No more may Kellaway in bland retort
Disguise the truth with verbal circumstance;
Our special correspondents still report:
"Entrenching tools obscure the face of France.".
The case is plain; the issue is distinct;
You either answer now or out you trot
(And kindly make that answer quite succinct):